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Fungi
A collection of fungus vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| fungi | a eukaryotic organism that has cell walls, uses spores to reproduce, and is a heterotrph that feeds by absorbing its food |
| hyphae | the branching, treadlike tubes that make up the bodies of multicellular fungi |
| fruiting body | the reproductive structure of a fungus that contains hyphae and produces spores |
| budding | a form of asexual reproduction of yeast in which a new cell grows out of the body of the parent |
| lichen | the combination of a fungus and either an alga or an autotrophic bacterium that live together in a mutualistic relationship |